Faculty

The faculty at C4A is an impressive collection of over two dozen of the area’s top teaching artists.

We offer private or shared lessons, classes, and directed ensembles in music and flow arts. You may peruse our faculty by department or alphabetically by last name.

FACULTY LISTED BY DEPARTMENT
violin scroll Bowed Strings

Cello & Double Bass

Fiddle, Violin, & Viola
YOG bright guitar Plucked Strings

Banjo

Bass Guitar

Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, & Ukulele

Oud
piano hands (1) Keyboards

Accordion

Piano
Rick Hannah singalong 2015 Vocal

Sikama Congolese-American Choir

Vocal Accompanying & Coaching

Vocal Instruction

 
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Drum set

Hand percussion

Mallet instruments
sax for website (1) Winds

Saxophone

Clarinet

Flute
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Theremin

Synthesizer
2016 guitar theory class Nate taking notes web copy Theory

Ear Training

Music Reading for Violin

Music Theory for Guitar Players
hula-hoop

 

 Performance Arts

Flow Arts

Magic

 

 

 FACULTY ALPHABETICAL LISTING
Fadi Alnaji

  • Oud and Middle Eastern Music
JeanRene square headshot Jean-René Balekita

  • Guitar
  • Hand percussion
  • Voice
  • Sikama Choir
Jonny Beckett

  • Saxophone
  • Clarinet
15747706_10102099601508852_7095917975231388876_n Michael & Satina Braswell

  • Flow Arts
  • Magic
 Chia-Ying 120 Chia-Ying Chan

  • Piano
  • Accompanying
Loba Chudak

  • Concert flute
  • Recorder
  • Native flute
Dyke Corson 120 faculty Dyke Corson

  • Pedal Steel Guitar
  • Guitar
  • Country Music Ensemble
Maria Del Toro 120 faculty Maria Del Toro

  • Violin
  • Viola
Tom Faux 120 faculty banjo Tom Faux

  • Clawhammer Banjo
  • Guitar
  • Guitar “from Scratch” group class
  • Music Theory for Guitar Players
  • Cretaceous Band
Alyssa Gambill

  • Guitar
John Gantz

  • Scruggs style banjo
Sam Gingher 120 Sam Gingher

  • Accordion
  • Piano
Matthew Gladden 120 faculty Matthew Gladden

  • Piano
  • Accompanying
  • Vocal coaching
 Ken Holmes 120 faculty banjo Ken Holmes

  • Emeritus banjo teacher
 Josh Houchin 120 faculty Josh Houchin

  • Double bass (string bass)
  • Bass guitar
  • Jazz band
Igor Kalnin 120 faculty Igor Kalnin

  • Violin
Robin Kearton vasupic 120 Robin Kearton

  • Violin, viola, fiddle
  • Bow-Dacious String Band
  • Fledgling Band
  • Group violin instruction for adults
  • Olde Music: Renaissance and Baroque Ensemble
 2015 faculty wayne 120 Wayne Logue

  • Old-time fiddle
 lusardi Johnny Lusardi

  • Violin
  • Fiddle
Dorothy 120 faculty Dorothy Martirano

  • Violin
Leigh Meador

  • Piano
Steve Meadows 120 faculty  Steve Meadows

  • Guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Pop vocals
 

  • Theremin
 Version 3  Rick Murphy

  • C4A Chorus director
 Chris Patterson 120 Chris Patterson

  • Drum set
  • Mallet instruments
Sam Payne 120 faculty Sam Payne

  • Guitar
  • Mandolin
chris petterson 120 faculty Chris Petterson

  • Cello
  • Bow-Dacious String Band
Amanda Ramey 120 faculty Amanda Ramey

  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Fiddle
Erik Swanson 120 faculty Erik Swanson

  • Jazz guitar
  • Classical guitar
 RobSweedler 120 Rob Sweedler

  • Piano
  • Piano Ensemble for kids